#38BBC4#38BBC4

#38BBC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.110 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BBC4
RGBrgb(56, 187, 196)
HSLhsl(184, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(184, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 4.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(69.73, -31.52, -14.74)
CIE-LCHlch(69.73, 34.80, 205.07°)
OKLaboklab(72.7% -0.1022 -0.0409)
OKLCHoklch(72.7% 0.11 201.8)
XYZxyz(29.3606, 40.3635, 58.4574)
Luminance0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BBC4 #C44138
analogous
#38C487 #38BBC4 #3875C4
triadic
#38BBC4 #C438BB #BBC438
tetradic
#38BBC4 #8738C4 #C44138 #75C438
square
#38BBC4 #8738C4 #C44138 #75C438
split-complementary
#38BBC4 #C43875 #C48738
monochromatic
#1D6065 #2A8E94 #38BBC4 #66CCD3 #96DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31
#38BBC4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07
#38BBC4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBC4
9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BBC4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BBC41.002.319.079.07
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0721.001.001.00
##0000009.0721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ADB3C5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#99A4C5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38bbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.110 201.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d5',
    500: '#38bbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38bbc4;
$custom-light: #83d0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38bbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72702,
    "c": 0.1101,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BBC4
secondary
#CC908C
accent
#5349DF
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FA
border
#CBD2D3
text
#0C1414
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

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#38BBC4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva